LEWIS, John
| Service Number: | 2164 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Australia, January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Mitta Mitta, Towong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 20), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2164, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
Help us honour John Lewis's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Ellen Lewis of Southton Street, Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW. Brother of Daniel Lewis
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
105 years ago today, on the 6th August 1915, the August Offensive began on the Gallipoli Peninsula, the last major attempt made by the Allied forces to break the stalemate that had persisted since the landings on the 25th April 1915.
4 soldiers who fell on this day at the Battle of Lone Pine are memorialised, or awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
Private John Lewis, 3rd Battalion, miner from Southon Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, fell during the Battle of Lone Pine, and his name has been inscribed on The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 20), Gallipoli, Turkey.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1638852/
John’s name is also inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Memorialised at his father’s gravesite at Sandgate Cemetery. ANGLICAN 1-56. 67.
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